World Chronicle 944: Luis Gallegos, Convention on Disabled People

Tony Jenkins interviews Luis Gallegos, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Convention on Disabled People, for World Chronicle program 944.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:04
• Production Date: 8 June 2004
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: BILL REILLY; LUIS GALLEGOS CHIRIBOGA; MICHELLE MAKORI; TONY JENKINS
• Corporate Name: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - WHO
• Subject Topical: DISABILITY; DISCRIMINATION; EQUALITY; HUMAN RIGHTS
• MAMS Id: 2185512
• Parent Id: 824981

Description

"Towards a Convention on Disabilities"

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that there are some 600 million people in the world - one in ten people, roughly - living with disabilities. Many of them are denied equal opportunities to access jobs, education and public services. How can the UN help them fight discrimination? Will the rights and dignity of people with disabilities be better protected by an international convention? Can the rights of the disabled be protected in countries that are already having a tough time fighting poverty, conflict and disease?

In this edition of World Chronicle these questions are explored with the insight of Ambassador Luis Gallegos of Ecuador, the Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee on Convention on Disabled People.

• Scripts: File; 944.pdf (39.74 KB)